Fair Play

Fair Play

2014 · 100 min · CS · 6.1 (23 votes)
Dir. Andrea Sedláčková · Starring Judit Pecháček, Anna Geislerová, Roman Luknár, Eva Podzimková, Michaela Pavlátová, Taťjana Medvecká · Music David Solař
Drama

In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.

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This film feels like a slow-motion sprint against an unseen force. It’s a tense, psychological dive into the crushing weight of ambition and the insidious nature of control, set against a stark, oppressive backdrop.

tenseanxiousdeterminedclaustrophobicsteadyperiod dramapsychological thrillergritty realismambitionsacrificebody autonomycoercion
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